Infect Chemother.  2011 Feb;43(1):86-88. 10.3947/ic.2011.43.1.86.

A Patient with Fatal Septicemia Caused by a Rare Pathogen Dermabacter Hominis

• Lee HJ
• Cho CH
• Kwon MJ
• Nam MH
• Lee KN
• Lee CK

• KMID: 2170341
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2011.43.1.86

Abstract

Dermabacter hominis (D. hominis) is a recently discovered gram-positive bacterial species, and it is usually recognized as an opportunistic human pathogen. Very few documented cases of severe infections caused by Dermabacter hominis have been published. In this report, we describe a case of fatal septicemia caused by Dermabacter hominis.

Keyword

Septicemia; Dermabacter hominis

MeSH Terms

Humans
Sepsis

Figure

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  Figure 1 Macroscopic morphology of Dermabacter hominis grown on a blood agar plate at room temperature for 24 hours. Note the small, convex, grayish-white colonies.

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